1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the
vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the
house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his
god.
1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should
bring {certain} of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the
princes;
1:4 Children in whom {was} no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all
wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as {had}
ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the
learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of
the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end
thereof they might stand before the king.
1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,
and Azariah:
1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel
{the name} of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of
Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.
1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the
portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he
requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of
the eunuchs.
1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king,
who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces
worse liking than the children which {are} of your sort? then shall ye make
{me} endanger my head to the king.
1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse
to eat, and water to drink.
1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance
of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest,
deal with thy servants.
1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter
in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they
should drink; and gave them pulse.
1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all
learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in,
then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
1:20 And in all matters of wisdom {and} understanding, that the king inquired
of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians {and}
astrologers that {were} in all his realm.
1:21 And Daniel continued {even} unto the first year of king Cyrus.
2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from
him.
2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the
sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and
stood before the king.
2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.
2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever:
tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if
ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye
shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive
of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the
interpretation thereof.
2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and
we will shew the interpretation of it.
2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the
time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, {there is but} one decree
for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till
the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can
shew me the interpretation thereof.
2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon
the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore {there is} no king, lord,
nor ruler, {that} asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or
Chaldean.
2:11 And {it is} a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other
that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with
flesh.
2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to
destroy all the wise {men} of Babylon.
2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise {men} should be slain; and they
sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the
king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise {men} of Babylon:
2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why {is} the decree
{so} hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time,
and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
2:18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise
{men} of Babylon.
2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven.
2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever:
for wisdom and might are his:
2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth
up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know
understanding:
2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what {is} in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me
wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for
thou hast {now} made known unto us the king's matter.
2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to
destroy the wise {men} of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not
the wise {men} of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto
the king the interpretation.
2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto
him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the
king the interpretation.
2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name {was} Belteshazzar, Art
thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof?
2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which
the king hath demanded cannot the wise {men}, the astrologers, the magicians,
the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to
the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the
visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came {into thy mind} upon thy bed, what
should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to
thee what shall come to pass.
2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for {any} wisdom that I
have more than any living, but for {their} sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy
heart.
2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose
brightness {was} excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof {was}
terrible.
2:32 This image's head {was} of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass,
2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the
image upon his feet {that were} of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken
to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors;
and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone
that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
2:36 This {is} the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before
the king.
2:37 Thou, O king, {art} a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee
a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the
fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler
over them All. Thou {art} this head of gold.
2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another
third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all {things}: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall
it break in pieces and bruise.
2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part
of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength
of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
2:42 And {as} the toes of the feet {were} part of iron, and part of clay, {so}
the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even
as iron is not mixed with clay.
2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other
people, {but} it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it
shall stand for ever.
2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the
silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come
to pass hereafter: and the {dream} is certain, and the interpretation thereof
sure.
2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel,
and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth {it is}, that your God
{is} a God of Gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou
couldest reveal this secret.
2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and
made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors
over all the wise {men} of Babylon.
2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel {sat} in the
gate of the king.
3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height {was}
threescore cubits, {and} the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the
plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the
image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers,
the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were
gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king
had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and
languages,
3:5 {That} at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the
golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the
nations, and the languages, fell down {and} worshipped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound
of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of
musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, {that} he should be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province
of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not
regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou
hast set up.
3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in {his} rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
3:14 Nebuchadrezzar spake and said unto them, {Is it} true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image
which I have set up?
3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall
down and worship the image which I have made; {well}: but if ye worship not, ye
shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who
{is} that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we {are} not careful to answer thee in this matter.
3:17 If it be {so}, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver {us} out of thine hand, O king.
3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: {therefore} he spake, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was
wont to be heated.
3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that {were} in his army to bind
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, {and} to cast {them} into the burning fiery
furnace.
3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and
their {other} garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.
3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.
3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into
the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, {and}
spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into the
midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of
the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of
God.
3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace,
{and} spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most
high God, come forth, and come {hither}. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
came forth of the midst of the fire.
3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no
power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed,
nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
3:28 {Then} Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed {be} the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that
trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies,
that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which
speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall
be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is
no other God that can deliver after this sort.
3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of
Babylon.
4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that
dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath
wrought toward me.
4:3 How great {are} his signs! and how mighty {are} his wonders! his kingdom
{is} an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion {is} from generation to
generation.
4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the
visions of my head troubled me.
4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise {men} of Babylon before
me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto
me the interpretation thereof.
4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name {was} Belteshazzar,
according to the name of my god, and in whom {is} the spirit of the holy gods:
and before him I told the dream, {saying},
4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of
the holy gods {is} in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions
of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
4:10 Thus {were} the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree
in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof {was} great.
4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven,
and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
4:12 The leaves thereof {were} fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it
{was} meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls
of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an
holy one came down from heaven;
4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his
branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away
from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band
of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven, and {let} his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the
earth:
4:16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto
him; and let seven times pass over him.
4:17 This matter {is} by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word
of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth
up over it the basest of men.
4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar,
declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise {men} of my
kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou {art}
able; for the spirit of the holy gods {is} in thee.
4:19 Then Daniel, whose name {was} Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and
his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the
dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and
said, My lord, the dream {be} to them that hate thee, and the interpretation
thereof to thine enemies.
4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height
reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
4:21 Whose leaves {were} fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it {was} meat
for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the
fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
4:22 It {is} thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness
is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from
heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of
the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the
tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and {let}
his portion {be} with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
4:24 This {is} the interpretation, O king, and this {is} the decree of the most
High, which is come upon my lord the king:
4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the
beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they
shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee,
till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it
to whomsoever he will.
4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy
kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the
heavens do rule.
4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off
thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor;
if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of
Babylon.
4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for
the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my
majesty?
4:31 While the word {was} in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven,
{saying}, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed
from thee.
4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling {shall be} with the
beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times
shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom
of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was
driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew
of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' {feathers}, and his nails
like birds' {claws}.
4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto
heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High,
and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion {is} an
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom {is} from generation to generation:
4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth {are} reputed as nothing: and he
doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and {among} the inhabitants
of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
4:36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my
kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers and my
lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent
majesty was added unto me.
4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all
whose works {are} truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he
is able to abase.
5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and
drank wine before the thousand.
5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and
silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple
which {was} in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his
concubines, might drink therein.
5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of
the house of God which {was} at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his
wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of
iron, of wood, and of stone.
5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against
the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the
king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so
that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against
another.
5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers. {And} the king spake, and said to the wise {men} of Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof,
shall be clothed with scarlet, and {have} a chain of gold about his neck, and
shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
5:8 Then came in all the king's wise {men}: but they could not read the
writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed
in him, and his lords were astonied.
5:10 {Now} the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into
the banquet house: {and} the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let
not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom {is} the spirit of the holy gods;
and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the
wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father,
the king, {I say}, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers,
Chaldeans, {and} soothsayers;
5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of
doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now
let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. {And} the king spake and said
unto Daniel, {Art} thou that Daniel, which {art} of the children of the
captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods {is} in thee, and
{that} light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
5:15 And now the wise {men}, the astrologers, have been brought in before me,
that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation
thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and
dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the
interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and {have} a chain
of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to
thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the
king, and make known to him the interpretation.
5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom,
and majesty, and glory, and honour:
5:19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages,
trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he
kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was
deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the
beasts, and his dwelling {was} with the wild asses: they fed him with grass
like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the
most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and {that} he appointeth over it
whomsoever he will.
5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou
knewest all this;
5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have
brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives,
and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of
silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know:
and the God in whose hand thy breath {is}, and whose {are} all thy ways, hast
thou not glorified:
5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
5:25 And this {is} the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
5:26 This {is} the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy
kingdom, and finished it.
5:27 Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
5:28 Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and {put}
a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he
should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, {being} about threescore and two
years old.
6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes,
which should be over the whole kingdom;
6:2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel {was} first: that the
princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an
excellent spirit {was} in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole
realm.
6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel
concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch
as he {was} faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,
except we find {it} against him concerning the law of his God.
6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said
thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the
counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal
statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any
God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den
of lions.
6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not
changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication
before his God.
6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's
decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask {a
petition} of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be
cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing {is} true,
according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which {is} of
the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the
decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
6:14 Then the king, when he heard {these} words, was sore displeased with
himself, and set {his} heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the
going down of the sun to deliver him.
6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O
king, that the law of the Medes and Persians {is}, that no decree nor statute
which the king establisheth may be changed.
6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast {him} into the
den of lions. {Now} the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou
servest continually, he will deliver thee.
6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king
sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the
purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither
were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the
den of lions.
6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel:
{and} the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God,
is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they
have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also
before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
6:23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should
take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no
manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused
Daniel, and they cast {them} into the den of lions, them, their children, and
their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones
in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell
in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
6:26 I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear
before the God of Daniel: for he {is} the living God, and stedfast for ever,
and his kingdom {that} which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion {shall be
even} unto the end.
6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and
in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus
the Persian.
7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and
visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, {and} told the sum
of the matters.
7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four
winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
7:4 The first {was} like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings
thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon
the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself
on one side, and {it had} three ribs in mouth of it between the teeth of it:
and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the
back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion
was given to it.
7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful
and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured
and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it {was}
diverse from all the beasts that {were} before it; and it had ten horns.
7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the
roots: and, behold, in this horn {were} eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth
speaking great things.
7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the ancient of days did sit,
whose garment {was} white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool:
his throne {was like} the fiery flame, {and} his wheels {as} burning fire.
7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands
ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the
judgment was set, and the books were opened.
7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn
spake: I beheld {even} till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and
given to the burning flame.
7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away:
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, {one} like the Son of man came
with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought
him near before him.
7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all
people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion {is} an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom {that} which
shall not be destroyed.
7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of {my} body, and the
visions of my head troubled me.
7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all
this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
7:17 These great beasts, which are four, {are} four kings, {which} shall arise
out of the earth.
7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the
kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth {were of} iron, and his nails
{of} brass; {which} devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his
feet;
7:20 And of the ten horns that {were} in his head, and {of} the other which
came up, and before whom three fell; even {of} that horn that had eyes, and a
mouth that spake very great things, whose look {was} more stout than his
fellows.
7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and
shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom {are} ten kings {that} shall arise:
and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and
he shall subdue three kings.
7:25 And he shall speak {great} words against the most High, and shall wear out
the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall
be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy {it} unto the end.
7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the
whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High,
whose kingdom {is} an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and
obey him.
7:28 Hitherto {is} the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much
troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my
heart.
8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto
me, {even unto} me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I {was} at
Shushan {in} the palace, which {is} in the province of Elam; and I saw in a
vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the
river a ram which had {two} horns: and the {two} horns {were} high; but one
{was} higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no
beasts might stand before him, neither {was there any} that could deliver out
of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face
of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat {had} a notable
horn between his eyes.
8:6 And he came to the ram that had {two} horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against
him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the
ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon
him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great
horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of
heaven.
8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding
great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant {land}.
8:10 And it waxed great, {even} to the host of heaven; and it cast down {some}
of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
8:11 Yea, he magnified {himself} even to the prince of the host, and by him the
daily {sacrifice} was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
8:12 And an host was given {him} against the daily {sacrifice} by reason of
transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and
prospered.
8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain
{saint} which spake, How long {shall be} the vision {concerning} the daily
{sacrifice}, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary
and the host to be trodden under foot?
8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall
the sanctuary be cleansed.
8:15 And it came to pass, when I, {even} I Daniel, had seen the vision, and
sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance
of a man.
8:16 And I heard a man's voice between {the banks of} Ulai, which called, and
said, Gabriel, make this {man} to understand the vision.
8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell
upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of
the end {shall be} the vision.
8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward
the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end
of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end {shall be}.
8:20 The ram which thou sawest having {two} horns {are} the kings of Media and
Persia.
8:21 And the rough goat {is} the king of Grecia: and the great horn that {is}
between his eyes {is} the first king.
8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall
stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come
to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,
shall stand up.
8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall
destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the
mighty and the holy people.
8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand;
and he shall magnify {himself} in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many:
he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken
without hand.
8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told {is} true:
wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it {shall be} for many days.
8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick {certain} days; afterward I rose up,
and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none
understood {it}.
9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,
which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of
the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he
would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications,
with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
9:4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O
Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that
love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and
have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in
thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of
the land.
9:7 O Lord, righteousness {belongeth} unto thee, but unto us confusion of
faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, {that are} near, and {that are} far off,
through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their
trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
9:8 O Lord, to us {belongeth} confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes,
and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9:9 To the Lord our God {belong} mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him;
9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws,
which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they
might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath
that {is} written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have
sinned against him.
9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against
our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the
whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
9:13 As {it is} written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet
made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our
iniquities, and understand thy truth.
9:14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for
the Lord our God {is} righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed
not his voice.
9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the
land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day;
we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine
anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain:
because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy
people {are become} a reproach to all {that are} about us.
9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his
supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate,
for the Lord's sake.
9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our
desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present
our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great
mercies.
9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for
thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
9:20 And whiles I {was} speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the
sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God
for the holy mountain of my God;
9:21 Yea, whiles I {was} speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had
seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me
about the time of the evening oblation.
9:22 And he informed {me}, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now
come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am
come to shew {thee}; for thou {art} greatly beloved: therefore understand the
matter, and consider the vision.
9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to
finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to
seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
9:25 Know therefore and understand, {that} from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince
{shall be} seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built
again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for
himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city
and the sanctuary; and the end thereof {shall be} with a flood, and unto the
end of the war desolations are determined.
9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst
of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make {it} desolate, even until the
consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto
Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing {was} true, but the
time appointed {was} long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding
of the vision.
10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither
did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side
of the great river, which {is} Hiddekel;
10:5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed
in linen, whose loins {were} girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
10:6 His body also {was} like the Beryl, and his face as the appearance of
lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in
colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a
multitude.
10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not
the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide
themselves.
10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained
no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I
retained no strength.
10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his
words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and {upon}
the palms of my hands.
10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the
words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent.
And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou
didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy
words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days:
but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained
there with the kings of Persia.
10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the
latter days: for yet the vision {is} for {many} days.
10:15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the
ground, and I became dumb.
10:16 And, behold, {one} like the similitude of the sons of men touched my
lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before
me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained
no strength.
10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as
for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath
left in me.
10:18 Then there came again and touched me {one} like the appearance of a man,
and he strengthened me,
10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace {be} unto thee, be
strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and
said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I
return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the
prince of Grecia shall come.
10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and
{there is} none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, {even} I, stood to confirm
and to strengthen him.
11:2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three
kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than {they} all: and by his
strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and
do according to his will.
11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be
divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor
according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up,
even for others beside those.
11:5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and {one} of his princes; and
he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion {shall be} a
great dominion.
11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the
king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an
agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he
stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and
he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in {these} times.
11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall {one} stand up in his estate, which
shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the
north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes,
{and} with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue
{more} years than the king of the north.
11:9 So the king of the south shall come into {his} kingdom, and shall return
into his own land.
11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great
forces: and {one} shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then
shall he return, and be stirred up, {even} to his fortress.
11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come
forth and fight with him, {even} with the king of the north: and he shall set
forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
11:12 {And} when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted
up; and he shall cast down {many} ten thousands: but he shall not be
strengthened {by it}.
11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude
greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a
great army and with much riches.
11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the
south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the
vision; but they shall fall.
11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the
most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his
chosen people, neither {shall there be any} strength to withstand.
11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and
none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by
his hand shall be consumed.
11:17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the
daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand {on his side},
neither be for him.
11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many:
but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to
cease; without his own reproach he shall cause {it} to turn upon him.
11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall
stumble and fall, and not be found.
11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes {in} the glory of the
kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in
battle.
11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not
give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the
kingdom by flatteries.
11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and
shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
11:23 And after the league {made} with him he shall work deceitfully: for he
shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province;
and he shall do {that} which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers'
fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: {yea},
and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the
south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to
battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they
shall forecast devices against him.
11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his
army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
11:27 And both these kings' hearts {shall be} to do mischief, and they shall
speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end {shall be}
at the time appointed.
11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart
{shall be} against the holy covenant; and he shall {do} exploits, and return to
his own land.
11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it
shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be
grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall
he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the
holy covenant.
11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of
strength, and shall take away the daily {sacrifice}, and they shall place the
abomination that maketh desolate.
11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do
{exploits}.
11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they
shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, {many} days.
11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but
many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
11:35 And {some} of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to
purge, and to make {them} white, {even} to the time of the end: because {it is}
yet for a time appointed.
11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself,
and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against
the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for
that that is determined shall be done.
11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women,
nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his
fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious
stones, and pleasant things.
11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he
shall acknowledge {and} increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule
over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and
the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots,
and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries,
and shall overflow and pass over.
11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many {countries} shall be
overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, {even} Edom, and Moab, and
the chief of the children of Ammon.
11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of
Egypt shall not escape.
11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and
over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians
{shall be} at his steps.
11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him:
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make
away many.
11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the
glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth
for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as
never was since there was a nation {even} to that same time: and at that time
thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the
book.
12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame {and} everlasting contempt.
12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and
they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, {even} to the
time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this
side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the
river.
12:6 And {one} said to the man clothed in linen, which {was} upon the waters of
the river, How long {shall it be to} the end of these wonders?
12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which {was} upon the waters of the
river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware
by him that liveth for ever that {it shall be} for a time, times, and an half;
and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people,
all these {things} shall be finished.
12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what {shall be}
the end of these {things}?
12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words {are} closed up and sealed
till the time of the end.
12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall
do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall
understand.
12:11 And from the time {that} the daily {sacrifice} shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, {there shall be} a thousand two
hundred and ninety days.
12:12 Blessed {is} he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred
and five and thirty days.
12:13 But go thou thy way till the end {be}: for thou shalt rest, and stand in
thy lot at the end of the days.
